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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bal S Sandhu, Fremont, CA (US);
Jack D Pippin, Portland, OR (US);
Edward A Burton, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
702132 ; 327 83 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit has circuitry formed by a fabrication process. The circuitry has an electrical characteristic that is different from a predetermined value due to variations in the fabrication process. The electrical characteristic is responsive to a level of a current, and a current source of the integrated circuit is configured to be selectably enabled to adjust the level of the current to move the electrical characteristic closer to the predetermined value.